DENN RESTRUCTURES DEPARTMENT:

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has outlined plans to reform his office structure in order to focus it on consumer protection. Denn also retracted his predecessor’s request for funding from the state’s general fund. “I will run the Insurance Commissioner’s office next year without using taxpayer dollars,” he stated. Denn proposed four structural changes in the office: a reduction in travel expenses; the creation of a full-time director of consumer affairs; the hiring of consumer affairs employees who will travel throughout the state in order to service consumers; and the hiring of a private law firm to represent health insurance policyholders with disputes.